Joe Dante Movies

A crew enters a mysterious maze buried underneath an abandoned Soviet research facility where supernatural disturbances occur.

This documentary short explores the origins of the monster movie and how Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" (1963) fits in the genre.

A journey through time and history of diverse monster types, from the latex monster in devastated postwar Japan to aliens and serial murderers.

On a gloomy Halloween night in 1939, patrons at the Hollywood Tower Hotel were riding the elevator when a violent storm struck the building…...

The ultimate ‘80s Horror retrospective just got BIGGER. In Search of Darkness: Part II is a four-hour-plus sequel to the Rondo Hatton-nominated...

The Legacy of Vincent Price, the first feature-length documentary about the Master of Menace, explores the man behind the legend through...

The history of RKO - one of the legendary "Big Five" studios of the Hollywood’s Golden Age, from its creation in 1928 (when the movies started...

South African enfant terrible filmmaker and artiste-cineaste Manus Oosthuizen meets with Rotten Tomatoes-approved indie film critic Babette...

The story of the making of Soylent Green, a masterpiece of social science fiction, released in 1973. Directed by Richard Fleischer and starring...

An in-depth look at the hidden meanings and blistering truth buried within Ed Wood's PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE, which has long been considered the...

In this program, directors Larry Cohen (Special Effects) and Joe Dante recall their first experiences with Invasion of the Body Snatchers and discuss...

Details Mamie Van Doren’s rise in Hollywood in the 1950s after being discovered by Howard Hughes, as well as her personal life.

Retrospective documentary about Rock 'N' Roll High School.

In this video piece, director Joe Dante discusses To Be or Not to Be, the era it was made in, and its tone and message.

Documentary about the making of Mario Bava's A BAY OF BLOOD.